This book proposes that Spanish author Luis Martín-Santos' work focuses on the effects of patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity on men, to actively contribute to freeing both men and women from the yoke of patriarchy. It aims for a new resonance of Luis Martín-Santos. It analyzes the influence of Heidegger, Freud and Sartre in Martín-Santos' psychiatric essays and his fictional works: the novelTiempo de silencio(Time of Silence),the collection of short storiesApólogos, and the posthumous fragmentTiempo de destrucción(Time of Destruction). It demonstrates that alongside the political critique of Franco's dictatorship, Martín-Santos' creative writings are an attempt to destroy the prevalent masculine myths of Western patriarchy, and a proposal to create new myths for the future. | The Contestation Of Patriarchy In Luis Martin-santos' Work by Miquel Bota, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters